March 25 - Could Legalizing Gay Marraige be as Divisive as Roe V. Wade?; A Divided GOP Out of Step with America; When Will the Syrian Agony End?

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Part 1	We begin with Tuesday’s hearings on California’s Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act before the Supreme Court that some analysts suggest could be as divisive as the landmark abortion ruling Roe v. Wade, in the sense that legalizing same-sex marriage will likely have profound social implications that could plague our politics. Aziz Huq, a Professor of Law at the University of Chicago who clerked on the Supreme Court for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, joins us.
Part 2	Then we examine the deepening split in the Republican Party between those who want to be less ideological and more inclusive and those who believe the Party should be more ideologically conservative. Allan Lichtman, Distinguished Professor of History at American University and author of “White Protestant Nation” joins us to discuss the fate and future of the recent “autopsy” by the RNC that right wing Republican activists have scorned.
Part 3	Then finally we get an update on country being torn apart from an expert on Syria, James Gelvin the author of “The Arab Uprisings: What Everyone Needs to Know”. We look into the implications of a rapprochement between Turkey and Israel and whether that portends some joint military action as concerns over a collapsing Assad regime with a large chemical weapons arsenal grows.